R8 English review game

What do you call “the central point that the author is trying to make about a topic”?

• Mood

• 2. Inference

• 2. Main idea

• 1. Figurative language

Additional information used to clarify and support the main idea is known as _______

• 2. Plot

• Imagery

• 2. Subtext

• 2. Supporting details

1. Using CONTEXT CLUES, what does the word “infinitesimally” mean in the following sentence from our story “A Sound of Thunder”? “Crushing certain plants could add up infinitesimally. A little error here would multiply in sixty million years, all out of proportion.”

• 1. Not at all

• 2. Really large amounts

• 2. Really small amounts

• 2. Slightly

Using CONTEXT CLUES, what does the word “poised” mean in the following sentence from our story “A Sound of Thunder”? “It ran with a gliding ballet step, far too poised and balanced for its ten tons”.

• Graceful

• 2. Clumsy

• 2. Fast

• 2. Slow

1. What is the PRIMARY form of figurative language displayed in the following sentence?: “The fire crackled up the stairs. It fed upon Picassos and Matisses in the upper halls, like delicacies, baking off the oily flesh, tenderly crisping the canvases into black shavings”.

• 1. Personification

• 1. Simile

• 1. Metaphor

• Imagery

1. The atmosphere, feeling, or emotion of a story is known as _____

• mood
• plot
• subtext

• tone

1. The background information provided at the beginning of a story is known as _______.

• Exposition
• Introduction
• Climax
• Resolution

1. The moments in your story that lead up to the climax are known as ______

• climax
• falling action
• exposition
• rising action

The primary turning point and what your story has been building towards (the most exciting part) is known as _____.

• cliffhanger
• climax
• prologue
• resolution

1. Hints in the text that are used to help a reader understand an unknown word are known as ______.

• Context clues
• Definitions
• Thesaurus
• Synonyms